Thurston Moore
Acting
Born: 1958-07-25 · Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Biography
Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958) is an American musician best known as a singer, songwriter and guitarist of Sonic Youth. He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside of Sonic Youth, as well as running the Ecstatic Peace! record label. Moore was ranked 34th in Rolling Stone's 2004 edition of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." In May 2012, Spin published a staff-selected top 100 ranking Moore and his Sonic Youth bandmate Lee Ranaldo together on number 1
🎬 Movies (30)
Broken English
2026
Self
The Last Critic
2026
The Best Summer
2026
Self
The Wizard of the Kremlin
2026
Synthesizer Player
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2025
Self
Pavements
2025
Self (uncredited)
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
2025
Scala!!!
2024
Self
Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
2024
The Road to Ruane
2024
Self
Uncropped
2024
Self
Louder Than You Think
2023
Self (archive footage)
Black Lodge
2022
Executive Producer
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
2021
himself
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
2021
Self
The Sparks Brothers
2021
Self
2020
2021
Music
Fire Music
2021
Executive Producer
Thick Air
2020
Himself
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
2019
Self
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
2019
Self - Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
2019
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
2019
Self
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
2019
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
2019
Self
Desolation Center
2018
The Public Image Is Rotten
2017
Himself
Teenage Superstars
2017
Self
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
2016
Himself
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
2015
Self
📺 TV Shows (12)
Irma Vep
2022
Original Music Composer
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
2021
Self
Punk
2019
Self
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
Self - Musical Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self - Musical Guest
Gilmore Girls
2000
Cool Dad Troubadour
Classic Albums
1997
Self
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
Fred Cracklin
Hi Octane
1994
Self (Host)
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Self - Musical Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Musical Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Self - Musical Guest